If you’re willing to move to a totally different country, you’re already probably a little weird. And then if you live here for a while, you’re inevitably going to become somewhat out-of-touch. I haven’t lived in North America in over twenty years now, and when I go back for annual visits I can tell I’m often a little … off. Not freakish (I hope!), just not quite managing eye contact right, not quite following the small talk topics, a bit too enthusiastic about my niche interests and a bit too oblivious about other topics.
I searched the forum a bit because I’m sure this has been a thread before. Didn’t find the specific topic, but did find this, if anyone wants to waste time reading stories that made me feel extraordinarily lucky/unlucky at the merely run-of-the-mill weirdness I’ve run into: